2011 Guangzhou Evergrande F.C. season explained

Club:	Guangzhou Evergrande 2011
Stadium:	Tianhe Stadium
League:	Super League
League Result:	1st
Cup1:	FA Cup
Cup1 Result:	Second Round
Chairman:	Liu Yongzhuo
Manager:	Lee Jang-Soo  Kim Seong-Gu (in name)
League Topscorer:	Muriqui (16)
Season Topscorer:	Muriqui (20)
Highest Attendance:	50,389 (v Chengdu Blades, 6 July)
Lowest Attendance:	35,856 (v Hangzhou Greentown, 29 October)
Average Attendance:	45,666
Prevseason:	2010
Nextseason:	2012
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The 2011 Guangzhou Evergrande season is the 58th year in Guangzhou Evergrande's existence and its 44th season in the Chinese football league, also its 22nd season in the top flight. The club was promoted from China League One at the end of the 2010 season.

Review

• 25 December 2010, Guangzhou confirmed that they had signed Zhang Linpeng, Jiang Ning, Feng Xiaoting and Yang Jun for a total fee of €3.4 million.^[1]
• 25 January 2011, China national team midfielder Yang Hao signed for Guangzhou from Beijing Guoan on a free transfer.^[2]
• 6 February 2011, Guangzhou got the second place in the 2011 Asian Challenge Cup after losing 5–3 in the penalty shootout with Tianjin Teda.
• 9 February 2011, Brazilian striker Cléo completed a €3.2 million move to Guangzhou from FK Partizan, signing a four-year deal.^[3]
• 13 February 2011, Korean midfielder Cho Won-Hee joined Guangzhou Evergrande from Premier League side Wigan Athletic on a free transfer,^[4] which made him the second Korean player to play for Guangzhou F.C. after Park Ji-Ho.
• 2 March 2011, Guangzhou confirmed that they had signed Paulão on a four-year deal from Grêmio Prudente with a fee of €2.5 million.^[5]
• 8 March 2011, Guangzhou confirmed that they had signed Renato Cajá on a four-year deal from Botafogo with a fee of €1.6 million.^[6]
• 2 April 2011, Guangzhou's Super League 2011 campaign kicked off with a 1–0 home victory over Dalian Shide. Cléo scored the only goal of the match.
• 9 April 2011, Guangzhou broke club's record for longest unbeaten streak in the league (23 games, 17 wins and 6 draws) with a 1–1 away draw against Nanchang Hengyuan.
• 4 May 2011, Guangzhou's FA Cup 2011 campaign kicked off with a 3–2 home victory with second-tier club Guizhou Zhicheng. Muriqui scored a hat trick in the match.
• 8 May 2011, Guangzhou claimed first place in China Super League for the first time of the club's history after a 1–0 away win against Shenzhen Ruby.
• 12 May 2011, Guangzhou was kicked out in the FA Cup after losing at a 13 round super long Penalty shootout against Shaanxi Renhe.
• 3 July 2011, Guangzhou confirmed that they had signed Darío Conca from Fluminense on a three-and-a-half-year deal for a reported record breaking fee of €10 million.
• 18 September 2011, Guangzhou lost to Changchun Yatai 1–2 at Development Area Stadium, which ended club's record 44-league-match unbeaten run.
• 28 September 2011, Guangzhou successfully achieved their first Super League title away to Shaanxi Renhe, after a 4–1 win.

Technical staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Lee Jang-Soo Kim Seong-Gu (in name)
Assistant coach	Qiu Ming
Assistant coach / Fitness coach	Kim Yong-Kab
Assistant coach	Jiang Feng
Goalkeeping coach	Wang Weiman
Team doctor	Kang Kebao
Physician	Renato Hiroshi
Technical analyst	Kim Hyo-Jung
Reserve team coach	Qu Shengqing
Youth team coach	Peng Weiguo

Transfers

Winter

In:^{[7] [8] [9] [6] [3] [4] [10]} Out:^{[11] [12] [13]}

Summer

In:^[14] Out:

Starting XI

	Pos	Player	Starts
1	GK	Yang Jun		19
14	RB	Li Jianhua		24
3	CB	Paulão		27
6	CB	Feng Xiaoting		27
32	LB	Sun Xiang		25
16	DM	Cho Won-Hee		30
10	DM	Zheng Zhi(C)		25
26	RW	Wu Pingfeng		23
15	AM	Conca	14
29	LW	Gao Lin		28
11	ST	Muriqui	26

Source: Squad stats.
Using the most used start formation 4–2–3–1.
Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).

Pre-season and friendlies

Training matches

Pre-season
Date	width=30%	Opponents	H / A	Result	width=40%	Scorers
2011-01-06	Henan Construction	H	3–3
2011-01-08	Henan Construction	H	3–1	Tu Dongxu, Shi Hongjun, Yang Yihu
2011-01-14	Myongji University	H	2–0	Yang Yihu (2)
2011-01-15	Henan Construction	H	0–1
2011-01-20	Hunan Billows	H	2–2	Gao Zhilin，Guo Zichao
2011-01-22	Daejeon Citizen	H	3–0	Yang Yihu(2), Ye Weichao
2011-01-26	Dalian Aerbin	H	1–0
2011-01-29	Dalian Aerbin	H	2–1	Gao Lin, Muriqui
2011-02-18	Qingdao Jonoon	H	2–1	Wu Pingfeng(2)
2011-02-25	University Team	A	0–1
2011-02-26	Myongji University	A	6–2	Muriqui(3), Yang Hao, Sun Xiang, Ye Weichao
2011-03-01	Gyeongnam FC	A	0–1
2011-03-02	Myongji University	A	1–4
2011-03-04	Soongsil University	A	2–2	Muriqui, Feng Junyan
2011-03-07	Gyeongnam FC	A	2–2	Muriqui, Yang Hao
2011-03-08	Hanlyo University	A	6–0
2011-03-10	Daegu University	A	3–1	Muriqui, Cléo (2)
2011-03-22	Chongqing F.C.	H	4–0	Cléo (3), Feng Xiaoting
2011-03-23	Fushun Xinye	H	0–1
2011-03-26	Shenzhen Ruby	N	2–0	Cléo (2)

Summer break
Date	width=30%	Opponents	H / A	Result	width=40%	Scorers
2011-07-24	Chongqing Lifan	A	2–0	Jiang Ning, Shi Hongjun
2011-07-26	Chongqing Lifan	A	1–2	Muriqui
2011-09-03	Guangzhou R&F	H	4–0	Cléo, Gao Zhilin, Muriqui, Li Zhilang
2011-10-09	Guangzhou R&F	H	1–3	Muriqui

2011 Asian Challenge Cup

See main article: 2011 Asian Challenge Cup.

2011 CSL All-Stars Game

Competitions

Chinese Super League

See main article: 2011 Chinese Super League.

Matches

Chinese FA Cup

See main article: 2011 Chinese FA Cup.

Squad statistics

Updated to games played on 2 November 2011.
No appearances player not listed.

Name	Pos.	League					FA Cup					Total
		Apps	Starts	Goals			Apps	Starts	Goals			Apps	Starts	Goals
Cho Won-Hee	MF	30	30	0	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	32	31	0	4	0
Gao Lin	FW	29	28	11	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	31	29	11	3	0
Paulão	DF	28	27	0	6	0	2	2	0	0	0	30	29	0	6	0
Wu Pingfeng	MF	28	23	4	3	0	2	2	0	1	0	30	25	4	4	0
Li Jianhua	DF	28	24	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	30	25	0	2	0
Feng Xiaoting	DF	27	27	2	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	28	28	2	5	1
Muriqui	FW	26	26	16	4	0	2	1	4	0	0	28	27	20	4	0
Zheng Zhi	MF	25	25	5	10	2	2	2	0	0	0	27	27	5	10	2
Sun Xiang	DF	25	25	1	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	27	27	1	1	0
Jiang Ning	FW	21	3	4	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	23	4	4	1	0
Yang Hao	MF	22	17	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	22	17	0	6	0
Yang Jun	GK	20	19	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	21	19	0	2	0
Zhang Linpeng	DF	16	8	1	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	18	10	1	1	0
Darío Conca	MF	15	14	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	14	9	0	0
Gao Zhilin	MF	13	6	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	14	7	3	0	0
Li Shuai	GK	11	11	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	13	13	0	0	0
Cléo	FW	10	9	10	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	11	10	10	1	0
Renato Cajá	MF	10	8	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	11	9	0	0	0
Li Yan	MF	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	7	1	0	0	0
Feng Junyan	MF	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0
Ye Weichao	FW	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0
Shi Hongjun	MF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0
Peng Shaoxiong	MF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Tang Dechao	DF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Yang Yihu	FW	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
Total	––	––	––	67	48	3	––	––	4	2	0	––	––	71	50	3

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